紫 2025.5.4

紫色是尊貴的顏色，在古時候中國朝廷所在地稱之為「紫禁城」；日本人也認為紫色是象徵美與尊貴的顏色，古時只有日本皇室貴族可以使用紫色，凸顯身分尊貴；英國只有君主的皇冠，才能使用紫色。

紫色是稀有的顏色，自然界中只有少數的動物在自然情況下是呈現紫色。將布料染成紫色在古時候是非常高成本的一件事情，這也是為什麼紫色很少出現在國旗上面的原因。有些品牌會使用紫色表示更高等級的支線，例如紫標的 North Face 以及紫標的 Ralph Lauren。

紫色是具有能量的顏色，在可見光譜當中，紫色就是波長最短、頻率最高，且能量最強的一端，比紫色能量更高的光就叫做紫外光。

紫這個國字寫起來看起來就像一朵從地上長出來的植物並且在上方開花。花經常被比喻為美麗的女性，實際上花的種類有雄性花與雌性花，也有本身包含了雌蕊和雄蕊的雙性花，單性花亦有雌雄異株和雌雄同株的不同。所以我認為「紫」並沒有特定的性別，是陰也是陽，也是一個很小但完整的世界。

紫色是我從小到大最喜歡的顏色，藝術、生活、穿著，以及精神上我都喜歡這個顏色。於是某一天我就決定給我第一個孩子這個字，作為名。我所謂「林紫」。

生日快樂女兒，May the 4th be with you. 

weekly murmur 2025.4.19

 1. 今天早上獨行俠結束了今年的賽季旅程。今年走了 D77 來了 AD，我其實對這筆交易感受還好，但也沒什麼好要幫 Nico Harrison 背書就是了。倒是送走 Grimes 換來 Martin 我比較疑惑，Martin 來了也沒什麼在上。

我小時候最一開始是俠客迷所以追蹤 Lakers，後來 T-Mac 交易去火箭我就開始改支持火箭，我沒有不再喜歡 T-Mac，但是他中後期真的很少打比賽，我就覺得看球賽很無聊。當時很常跟石捷聊球賽，石捷是我認識的所有非體育班或甲乙組球隊的同學當中打籃球最厲害的一個，石捷是一個資深的 Dirk 球迷，於是我決定跟他一起支持達拉斯，除了 2011 年的冠軍之外，也一起走過不少低潮，17-18 賽季勝率甚至不到 3 成也還是持續的支持，所以今年老實說對我來說並不是最壞的時刻。

選擇一支球隊並且長期支持，對我來說的意義就是，比較方便跟朋友打嘴炮。我的意思是，我享受比賽的內容本身嗎？當然是。不過，拜託！現在這種比賽內容，有需要打 48 分鐘嗎？不過還是很喜歡朋友一起看比賽跟垃圾話。

2. If I had ten million bucks for transportation, I wouldn’t buy a car. I’d rent one and hire a driver.

3. 志騰傳了 LL Cool J 在 Coachella 表演的影片給我看，他說這真的太帥了。但是志騰其實有點搞錯了，我並沒有特別喜歡 LL Cool J，非常喜歡 LL Cool J 的是我女兒，她聽得比我多很多。但這個表演還是很酷，分享給大家。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2faDlICvzq0

4. 有次跟 Hilda 在聊天，我跟她說我非常喜歡 Halle Bailey 版本的小美人魚，她說我真是逆風。實際上網查了一下，小美人魚全球票房大約是 5.7 億美金，我不確定究竟是誰貢獻了這樣子的成績。朋友們，無論如何，如果你也喜歡 Halle Bailey 版本的小美人魚電影，我想讓你知道，你並不孤單。

5. 當初女兒第一個講出中文的完整詞語是「爸爸」，很不意外，很多人都說爸爸比媽媽好發音。兒子第一個講出的詞語會是爸爸還是媽媽呢？結果他講出了「姊姊」。意外嗎？這麼難講的字講這麼清楚真意外，但同時身為我兒子的爸爸也是我姊姊一輩子的弟弟的我，卻又一點也不意外。對我來說，弟弟就是一輩子最受寵愛於一身的身份，對我兒子而言也將是。

6. Always negotiate.

7. 我覺得吳卓源不需要道歉。

8. 我最近才知道莫札特的名字叫做 Wolfgang，有些人可能不知道，不過 Odd Future 的全名其實叫做是 Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All。我想說，太酷了吧！難道 Tyler 是以這個為靈感命名的嗎？查了一下，並沒有。

9. Anna 已經快要三個月沒吃東西了。

10. 綠已經可以扶著東西，微微站起來了。

To those who misunderstand hip hop and Whyte’s music 2025.04.06

The spirit of hip hop is love, peace, unity, and having fun.

The four main elements of hip hop are DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and graffiti.

None of these are anything like discrimination, sexism, violence, or hatred. Surely, you can apply that same energy to different forms of art too. Anyway, you can’t rewrite history or ignore the original soul and spirit of hip hop. Don’t get me wrong. I do understand OG rappers from the hood like Biggie and Tupac, they cursed a lot in the lyrics. Even nowadays, Kendrick Lamar sometimes calls ladies "bitches" in his songs, right? First of all, those are the greatest rappers of all time. It doesn’t mean they represent the whole hip hop culture itself. Second of all, there are still countless rappers who choose to use respectful words to make their hip hop music. And come on! We know that English has many idiomatic expressions, but that doesn’t mean those expressions are intended to attack women.

I think it’s OK if you have to use specific words to make your song cooler or make it rhyme. However, if some people say shaming, fighting, and swearing are some paths or roots of hip hop, they seriously misunderstand and get it wrong.

I often play Whyte’s music to let my kids listen to, because some of her music is full of love and trying to find inner peace. In my opinion, Whyte’s music somehow is much more hip hop than those raps from rappers who diss each other a lot. It’s fine if you have different opinions of Whyte’s music. However, if you didn’t know the spirit before, now you know after reading this. Next time, if your friends or somebody on the internet misunderstand, you could let them know the truth. That’s what’s up.

週末隨筆寫一些跟女兒有關的事情（本篇中英亂夾雜） 2025.3.29

1. 沒特別解釋過未來式，不過會用 will，而且用的時機大多正確。
“They are my stickers, and I will give one to you.”

2. 一樣沒特別解釋，但是會用現在進行式，而且明顯分的出來差異。
“What do you want to do?”
“I want to poo poo.”

“What are you doing?”
“I am poo pooing.”

3. 猶豫的時候會說 I think… I mean…

4. 最近很喜歡學我說 “Don’t do that!”，對我跟對弟弟都會說。

5. 不太會分 want 跟 want to 的差異。

6. 每次問 “What's the highlight of your day today?”
大多會講跟誰玩了什麼遊戲或什麼玩具，只有兩次特別講了在學校吃了什麼東西，一次是漢堡一次是荷蘭鬆餅。

7. 隨機播放清單，播到了 Earth, Wind & Fire 的歌，問她說 “who is this?” 亂猜的話會猜 Chic。播到了偏東岸的歌曲，也會問我，”Is this Common?” 表示說曲風這件事情小孩子其實是非常可以感受跟分辨的。

8. 記事情經常仰賴順序，我如果問說 “What is the 8th month of the year?”，必須開始唱歌， January~ February~…唱到八月，才能回答我 “August!”，我正在試圖打破這個規則，但我不知道有什麼好處或是要怎麼做到，只是單純很好奇有沒有辦法而已。

9. 雖然離真正意義上的會彈鋼琴還有點距離（但可能也不遠了），不過坐在鋼琴前面彈起來的樣子很不錯，除了小拇指以外的指頭都很站。可以憑感覺彈出一些上課根本沒教但自己很熟悉的曲子，想是小星星跟 Jingle Bells。

10. 在大人的游泳池游泳可以潛進水裡游一段距離之後抓我起來換氣再快速潛回去繼續游，她現在游 25 公尺應該不用 2 分鐘，我預估大概 1 分鐘多一點而已就到了。

她說: I swim so fast. 
我問她說: why are you so good? (我期待她回答我 “Because I practice.”，因為有事沒事我就會一直跟她說 “Practice makes you better.“ 或是 "If you want to learn it, you have to practice."
結果她竟然回答我: Because I have talent…

Rethinking DEI: Strategies for a Fair and Inclusive Workplace 2025.3.15

President Trump just canceled the DEI policy in the government, and this executive order received a lot of support. This confused me at first. However, after doing a little research, I realized that people still believe in equality, but they often dislike how it has been applied in the recruiting process sometimes.

Establishing a fair working environment has never been an easy task. I don’t totally agree with Trump, but I have to say I can reasonably understand why he gained support from voters on specific issues. I try to imagine how I could continually ensure that a company operates fairly and makes everyone feel comfortable if I were an organizer. Here are my strategies:

1. Don’t get stuck on just one strategy:

We can learn many strategies and methods of management from books, online classes, and social media. We may feel that one of them is the most suitable for us, but don’t forget that employees are diverse and varied. You can combine different strategies and create a unique approach tailored to your organization.

2. Focus on the spirit, not the quantity:

The most important value of DEI is that we should stop stereotypical views based on gender, race, and personal identity. Many approaches can achieve the same goal. For example, you can provide training on these topics or prevent people who are racist or sexist from joining your company.

3. Implement new tools:

We cannot completely prevent bias if we let employees review each other or allow human HR to filter resumes from the market. However, AI tools may do a better job in this field. We may not be able to replace the human workforce with AI, but we could use these tools to establish a more equal process for recruiting and rewarding.

I haven’t been an organizer before. As an employee, I think this kind of company would make me want to work there for many years. If you are a CEO or a high-level manager, I hope this article is helpful and inspiring to you.

林綠出生的記憶小碎片之二 - 2025.2.23

1、2024/8/31-2024/9/3 總共在醫院待了 4 天 3 夜。中途會回家洗澡跟整理家裡，這段期間我是睡在病床旁邊的躺椅。因為嘉詩這次不擠奶，所以住院期間就是全力養好傷口，我則是全力幫助她養傷口。我盡量不幫忙吃月子餐，林紫出生的時候我幫忙吃月子餐胖了好多。9/1 林紫和外婆來看林綠，留下姊弟人生第一張合照。

2、2024/9/3-2024/9/22 嘉詩待在月子中心。因為希望林紫儘早回歸正常作息並回學校上課，所以平日都是放學之後我會把她從學校接去月中，再從月中回家睡覺，我不會在月中過夜，但是平日不用進辦公室的時候，會去月中陪嘉詩，林紫則是週末會在月中過夜。這其實是我相當魔幻的 20 天，因為規定年紀大的孩子不可以跟寶寶同室，但我大多時候都是跟林紫一起拜訪，所以這 20 天，我實際只有接觸林綠本人大概 2 次，其他時候就是一直透過玻璃跟螢幕看他。

3、一件跟林綠無關的事情。我一直都很想要在家裡打造雙語環境，但是我一直沒有鼓起勇氣要求林紫只能跟我說英文，我也經常不想花時間學習我也不會的英文生活用語。但是在林綠跟我老婆住在月中的期間，我實在懶得跟林紫扯一些不重要的事情，我就開始假裝是一個聽不懂中文的人。而我女兒所有要求除非她用英文提出，不然一概不會接受。她就是從這個時期開始願意開口說一些， “I want more chicken.” 或是 “I want to watch Sesame Street.“，我就發現原來她完全做得到，從這一刻起我家才真的是雙語環境。

4、今年中秋節嘉詩剛好會在月中度過，由於她是非常愛吃烤肉跟燒肉的人，我非常心疼她必須在月子中心度過這個烤肉佳節。所以早早就計畫好要買好吃的燒肉便當跟她一起在月子中心度過中秋節，我最後買的是「燒肉中山」在 BELLAVITA 開的「四行倉庫FOUR FOOD DEPOT」。總之是十分推薦，如果你本身或是有個愛吃燒肉的另一半，但你們不克前往燒肉店或是沒有任何座位，買這個準沒有錯。

5、2024/9/17 某一個應該是請了陪產假的平日，因為跟嘉詩約定了約會日，所以在約會中逛了百貨公司，剛好看到一間滿好看的全黑的同時非常具有機能性的裙子，雖然有點貴，但沒有考慮很久就買了。我一直很想買一件裙子，因為我經常跟我女兒說男生也可以穿裙子，可是林紫總是覺得，我從來沒看過男生穿裙子。我不能當那種光說不練的爸爸，所以我必須穿上裙子。無論如何，性別刻板印象必須完全根除在我兩個孩子的心中。

6、2024/9/20 跟老婆請假，跟昆宏、晨瀚，還有小潘去吃 Black Pepper，我們吃的非常滿意，但我一下子也不知道怎麼介紹這個店，總之就是義大利料理，店裡的內場有幾個帥到你完全不會在意他們是不是義大利人的外國人，以及非常道地的設備。你絕對會在這個店裡得到很棒的體驗。結束之後依循 Black Pepper 店員的建議，走到 XIXI TAIPEI シーシータイペイ 續攤。這是一個日式精釀酒吧，由於我不是精釀愛好者，實在評論不出什麼，但由於店員跟老闆都是日本人，如果你想找一些道地的酒盜跟日本家常料理，這裡可以獲得解答。（這是什麼異國料理日嗎？）

7、2024/9/28 我爸媽來看林綠。其實本來我爸媽想在林綠跟嘉詩在月中的時候北上拜訪，但是被我極力拒絕。我後來回想起來，有點後悔我在電話中拒絕我爸的時候語氣有點差，我想我當時可能是因為精神跟身體太疲憊了，導致心情跟口氣被影響。但我完全不後悔讓我爸媽在林綠回家之後才來拜訪，因為這樣他們才可以真正的跟孫子肌膚接觸跟抱抱林綠。

8、2024/10/26 Halloween。我一直都不太能投入萬聖節，但是讓孩子在萬聖節玩得開心，當然沒有問題。林綠扮成一個南瓜，林紫扮成小仙女。（實際上她的衣服是 Rapunzel，額外增添一副翅膀）

9、2024/11/15 一直到這天，才把彌月禮送完，去了一些有開店的朋友的店，拜訪了一些血緣深厚但是平時沒有太多聯絡的親戚，聽了一些不知道但有點有趣的八卦。無論如何，都只是想分享這份喜悅，並把這個福氣傳遞下去。

10、2024/11/30-2024/12/1 林綠第一次家族旅行，跟著嘉詩一家族來到宜蘭。我跟嘉詩都是大家族，所以林綠和林紫註定會在成長階段面對一堆名字可能記不太住的親戚。他們可能會是大型家族的終端，因為出生率持續下降，維繫大家族的長輩陸續過世，會降低家族的凝結力。無論如何，我希望林紫和林綠可以明白，有一堆可以學習的對象，可以尋求幫忙的長輩，不因為你花了多少時間跟他相處，只因為共享著相同的血脈和姓氏。 

我是無神論者，但我尊重你的信仰 2025.2.9

很多親近的朋友和同事，以及家人都知道，我是一個無神論者。我是一個無神論者，曾經我很喜歡跟別人說我是一個不可知論者。不可知論或者是不可知主義，意思就是對於無法證明其存在的事物，不否認其存在但是不知道是否真的存在。我明明就完全不相信神的存在，卻要跟別人說我是不可知論者有兩個原因。第一，我不想要被非常迷信或是有強烈信仰的人覺得我很傲慢。第二，向別人解釋不可知論是什麼意思，會顯得自己懂很多，好像很有學問一樣。

這一兩年，可能是年紀增長同時也更敢表達自己觀點的原因，我已經不再說自己是不可知論者。我很清楚我完全不相信神的存在，我也不曾寄託過神明和宗教。這樣的我，刻意定義自己是不可知論者的話，我覺得非常虛偽。我之所以不迷信也不相信世界有神，很單純只是我的原生家庭沒有這種習慣，另外我的教育背景和同儕影響，也使我走向比較不會將自己寄託給宗教的人格，可以說是有一半環境所致，另外一半是個人選擇。

我是一個無神論者，但是我非常尊重民俗信仰，我不會戰宗教。（但是會在最熟悉的朋友圈裡面開宗教玩笑）雖然不喜歡，但我也不排斥拜拜燒金紙。我很清楚，拜拜、祭祖、安太歲、開工拜拜、拜地基主，或是拜媽祖，這些都是台灣文化的一部分，伴隨著這種文化，我們和家人更親近，我們和同事或是住在同個鄉鎮的朋友更團結。因為台灣是一個自由的國度，我們才可以自由地崇拜神明和選擇信仰。這整件事情讓我覺得很可貴，也認為應該要保留其中善與美。

很高機率，我的兩個小孩也會長成跟我類似的心態。希望他們都可以把人生寄託給自己健全的人格，但同時也尊重包容不一樣的人。最後我想說，像我這種人，身旁有人在討論算命、人類圖、寵物溝通或是養一隻金色的雞每天要幫它換米跟換水的時候。一定會有人說，「林軒一定覺得你們又在怪力亂神了啦！」。對沒錯！我內心正是這麼想的沒錯，完全被你說中了，一點都否認不了。但是我尊重大家，也理解你們這麼做的原因喔！愛您們。 

Building True Gender Equality: The Role of Early Education and Mutual Respect 2025.1.15

Nowadays, there is ongoing discussion in Korea about maintaining gender-specific institutions. However, I think if any society wants to establish true gender equality, the most important moment is in early education. Inputting the core values of gender equality in children at a young age creates a foundation for a future generation. Also, I think different genders can focus on different spheres of this issue.

As a man, if you want to establish gender equality in boys’ hearts, it is essential to teach them that males are protectors, not hunters. In today’s society, males don’t have to hunt to survive and support families. However, being naturally stronger than females makes males natural protectors. Males can protect their wives, mothers, other women, and themselves. Moreover, men should strive to earn women’s trust by not taking advantage of them and by respecting them. 

As a woman, you can encourage young girls that they can achieve anything they aspire to, regardless of their gender. The fact that men historically dominated many areas and influenced women in the past doesn’t mean women can’t take on specific roles today. Women need to have confidence in themselves first, and it is a crucial step toward true equality in the future. Additionally, women should respect diverse men and seek mutual support rather than opposing every male viewpoint or increasing unnecessary conflicts.

No matter what the strategies are, I think both genders should respect each other and understand the natural differences between them. True gender equality will be achieved in a healthy way someday in the future.

林軒's Favorite Songs of 2024

Light & Salt - 오래된 친구

Joey Valence & Brae - DANCE NOW

桃子A1J, 王水源, 水蜜桃偵探社 - 尋人

Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

B. Bravo - Atomic Bounce

JOYCE 就以斯、楊子平CAsPER - 都是weather你

ARTAN - She's A 10 But...

Rapsody - 3:AM ft. Erykah Badu

FRαNKIE阿法 - What a Time… ft. ABAO阿爆 （阿仍仍）, LEO37

AAA - Young Man

moumoon – Sunshine Girl

Funkadelic - Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You? (Remix) ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube

溫嵐 - 同手同腳

Ice Cube - So Sensitive

Lonnie Liston Smith - A Garden Of Peace

Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds - Intentions

林軒與他的家人和好朋友們 - 林綠的 Gender Reveal Song

Why Not Seeing the Ad is Normal 2024.11.19

In a scenario where there are 20 million users and an advertisement campaign generates 5 million impressions, each user can see the ad at most once. If we randomly select four people, what are the chances that none of them sees the ad? This probability can be calculated using the hypergeometric distribution, which considers the total population, the number of exposed users, and the sample size.

After computation, the probability that none of the four people sees the ad is approximately 31.64%, while the probability of exactly one person seeing the ad is about 42.19%. The difference between these probabilities isn’t as large as you might expect, right? This highlights an important point: it is quite common for a small group to have no exposure to the ad, even when the campaign reaches millions of users.

The reason is straightforward: with 20 million users and only 5 million exposures, the campaign’s reach is limited relative to the total population. For any given individual, the chance of seeing the ad is just 25% (5 million divided by 20 million). When selecting four people randomly, it’s more likely that not all of them belong to the exposed group.

In marketing campaigns like this, it is crucial to understand the statistical nature of exposure. A significant portion of users might not see the ad due to the limited number of impressions relative to the audience size. This does not indicate a failure in the campaign but rather reflects the mathematical reality of impression distribution.

If you need a specific person to see the advertisement, you might want to use fixed placement strategies. For example, purchasing a time slot for a fixed ad position on a particular website or application ensures that the ad is visible during the exposure period. This strategy allows you to ensure that your supervisor or higher manager can see the ad you’ve purchased. Incorporating such an approach into your media strategy can be effective in special situations where targeted exposure is critical. 

A Life-Changing Saturday: The Day Our Family Grew 2024.10.10

On the morning of August 31st, 2024, a Saturday that is very different from the rest of the Saturdays of the year. Every Saturday morning, I had to attend an English class online. As usual, we did a little overtime to discuss the last question of the weekly topic. Suddenly, my daughter broke our discussion and yelled at me, “Dad! Mommy is bleeding a lot!” and I heard my wife yell from another corner of my house, “I am OK, so far!“ I finished the discussion as quickly as I could and then asked my wife. “How do you feel? Do you think it will happen TODAY?“ She said.”I am not sure, but if my pain becomes regular and more painful, we have to go to the hospital.” 

After having brunch and taking a nap, we went to the hospital. I actually seldom take a nap on Saturday afternoon, but my instinct told me TODAY would be my son’s birthday which means it would be a long day and there would be lots of tasks to do, that’s why I took a nap to make sure I could have enough energy to face the challenge later. After arriving at the hospital, my wife called her mom and asked her to pick up our daughter and take her home. We knew our daughter was excited, but she was not be able to help at that moment.

Since my wife’s pain became more intense and that was around 17:00, the doctor said ”We can go to the delivery room now. Please let the husband sign some documents for staying in the hospital” I signed the documents and waited for them to call me to go into the delivery room. Waiting outside of the delivery room was the most difficult time of the whole process because I couldn’t see my wife at the moment, but still could hear her screaming. Time seemed to stop and my anxiety was 100% full. 10 minutes later, the door opened, and the nurse said “you can come in now.” I walked in and I witnessed the process of my son being born from his mom’s body. Fortunately, my wife and my son were both fine in the process and finally I could hold my wife’s hand and cheer her up. 

Now, I am a father of two kids. My wife’s recovery is going very well. After two delivery processes, I believe my wife has a superpower, the power of being a mother is incredible. I hope my daughter can grow up to be like her mom and have that kind of power even if she doesn’t want to be a mom, and my son can grow up to be a gentleman who respects women because he was born from such a painful process by his Mom.

林綠出生的記憶小碎片 2024.9.29

1. 2024/8/30 找我老婆中午一起吃午餐，因為要恭喜她下週一開始的待產假，終於可以好好休息了。我跟我老婆在同一棟大樓的不同樓層的不同公司上班。我們挑選了12：30出發用餐，結果這時間每個餐廳都客滿，我們最後去吃肯德基。

2. 每週六早上我都會在家上英文課，最後一個月孕婦每週都要產檢。因為家裡離醫院很近，我老婆都騎機車載我女兒一起去，第一胎的時候絕對不敢讓這件事情發生，第二胎倒也不是隨便，可能就是少了一點戰戰兢兢。

3. 2024/8/31 快要下課的時候我女兒衝了進我書房，因為她每個禮拜都會衝進我的書房，第一時間也不覺得有什麼異樣，但是這次她衝進來說，「爸爸！媽媽流了好多月經！」但我老婆在外面喊說，「沒關係啦～」。跟老師完成最後的討論後，出門趕快關心老婆。

4. 確認老婆沒事之後，我老婆在客廳吃她回家路上買的蛋餅，我就在房間跟我女兒玩。玩一玩，我就跟我女兒說，「你去跟媽媽說，爸爸想要睡一下，如果要去醫院的話再叫爸爸起床。」嘴巴是這樣講，我心裡想的其實是，應該就是今天了，照這時間點應該今天還有得忙，我可得趕快補充一點體力。不知道是上一次的經驗還是靈感，但當時就非常肯定今天會生，不過我當下沒特別跟我老婆說就是了。

5. 大概一點出頭，我老婆叫我起床，我們整理了一下行李，我還挑選了一頂比較百搭的 Carhartt 帽子，因為我想說這一出門，下次回家就是林綠出生之後了，我可能不能很沒有風格的迎接他的到來。我老婆則是很細心的分開打包了生產包跟住院包。這樣就不用一次扛超多物品到診間，真是縝密。最後我們抵達醫院的時間是 13:10。

6. 隨著一波又一波的陣痛，我跟我老婆都非常確信今天就會生產。中間還遇到護理師跟值班醫師想退貨，但是都被我老婆說服了。我老婆認真想說服別人的時候真的很強，堅定的語氣搭配誠實的面孔。

7. 大約在17：00附近進入生產間，我也有進去，但護理師跟醫生忘記詢問我要不要剪臍帶，所以這次我沒有剪臍帶。不過沒關係，老實說，剪臍帶很無聊，如果可以的話，我想試試看接生，我看兩次了，我覺得我應該可以。

8. 林綠在 17：19 出生。這傢伙不知道是天生帥哥病還是怎樣，衝出產道的姿勢跟氣勢真的頗帥，有一種 superhero landing 的感覺。

9. 比預期早了一些，不過是個非常完整的嬰兒。2,830g，頭圍32cm，身長43cm。十根腳趾，十根手指，兩個眼睛，兩個耳朵，一個嘴，一個或兩個斷掌。好樣的，你爸爸也是一個斷掌。

10. 在嬰兒誕生完的好一段時間，嬰兒到底怎樣，我其實沒有很有所謂，對我來說，我老婆的一切才是最重要的。對我來說，我老婆就是我的一切，也是在這段過程中最在乎的人。 

Building Consensus: 3 Strategies for Gaining Support for New Ideas in the Workplace _ 2024.9.28

As a proactive worker, I believe in the process of optimization. For instance, Google must adjust its algorithm frequently to ensure search results always align with what users are seeking; also, developers of a popular mobile game should iterate the app fast to provide gamers a better playing experience. Innovation helps many companies become successful in the market. As a part of a huge organization, how can we build consensus around a new idea? Here are three strategies I’ve learned recently. 

1. Gather Agreement Before Publishing Your Idea:
Sometimes, suddenly revealing a new idea makes colleagues feel that you are too aggressive without thinking. At the same time, a new idea should get support from decision-makers and peers. A good strategy is to review others’s perspectives first and revise your idea into a more suitable solution for everyone. Finally, when you present this idea in a meeting, you are more likely to win their agreement unconditionally.

2. Reduce The Information Asymmetry:
When you want to have a new workflow in your organization, you will likely encounter some difficulties and unnecessary processes. Share your bad experiences to let everyone know and give space to those show disagreement by describing the reasons. After that, your discussion could focus on figuring out the middle point that makes everyone feel satisfied. It’s easier to evaluate an idea with transparent background information and find a consensus from all members of a unit.

3. Transform Your Novelty Into Value: 
It’s harder to assess the novelty of an idea than its value. For example, it’s easier to understand whether we will earn more revenue from the new solution; whether we will shorten the process to achieve the same goal, and whether we will reduce the marketing cost? No matter how innovative it is, transform it into how valuable it is for the team is crucial. It builds criteria for your new idea and can be evaluated.

Don’t be upset when you face a lot of disagreement. This kind of experience improves your skills in building a consensus next time. Hopefully, these three strategies are useful for your career.

Embrace Consistency Over Perfection 2024.8.23

Everyone sets goals for careers, family life, financial plans, and personal habits. It’s great to have goals so that when you wake up you feel energetic to do something to achieve your goals. But how can we develop better strategies for setting goals in different areas of life? An outdated method is to divide your big goal into three categories: the final goal, the mid-term goal, and the short-term goal. Beyond this approach, how can we maintain our values or make sure we can keep going toward the success we believe in? Here are three strategies for reference.

1. Reduce the difficult and impossible goals: 

The key to setting goals is to let you know how to ensure you are on the correct path to the goals. Too many challenging goals are hard to break down into little steps and make us feel upset when realizing how far we are still from achieving them. Then, we give up on achieving doing what we want to achieve. Set some reasonable goals at first, and when we have a little progress, set the harder ones.

2. Be consistent: 

Sometimes, it takes decades to become an expert in specific areas. How you can keep on practicing or doing something for a long time is more important than what your goals are. If you can keep on doing certain things consistently over time for a lifetime, you can achieve anything more easily than others. Find a balance between you current achievements and what you are eager to achieve in the future, which can help you keep on learning skills you don’t have now.

3. Be brave about giving up: 

When we realize some goals are not important to us anymore, don’t feel guilty about giving up even if we have spent many hours on them. We can’t achieve everything, but we can always focus on what is the most important. Giving up is not abandoning the efforts we’ve made previously but about making essential progress in our lives,

Especially as adults, we are burned out from job and family responsibilities. Goals are not meant to add more pressure but are intended for a better life we want to have. Feel free to celebrate when achieving a little and don’t put the blame on yourself when failing at something. Hopefully, we can find joy in achieving some goals and continue setting new ones.

How Taiwan's Athletes Flourished at the Paris 2024 Olympics 2024.8.14

Although we won fewer medals this year compared to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, the Paris 2024 Olympics has been one of my favorite experiences of watching and cheering for athletes from Taiwan. I enjoyed every match and every game, not because we won, but because I noticed that the athletes from Taiwan genuinely enjoyed the competition as well. This is truly special to see because in the past, I felt that athletes from Taiwan were always very nervous on the court and stage. Perhaps they carried too much stress on their shoulders before.

I wonder why athletes from Taiwan are able to enjoy the games more now. First, I think they have gained more international experience. Young athletes must have participated in many professional sports competitions and tournaments over the past three years, which makes the Olympics feel like just another international event. Second, athletes realize that no matter how they perform, they will have full support from Taiwan. For example, Taiwan has set up a local food station near the Olympic Village so our athletes can enjoy familiar food. Many sports fans have also bought tickets to Paris to watch the games, and there's been an outpouring of love and support on social media for our athletes.

When we learn more about a certain sport or athlete, we realize that the Olympics are just one stage in an athlete’s entire career. Sometimes, an athlete participates in the Olympics solely for the honor of Taiwan, so we shouldn't complain when they lose a game. Instead, to show our gratitude for their contribution, we should cheer for them unconditionally as well.

Furthermore, many organizations have put in a lot of effort to ensure we can watch the Olympic Games at home. If you haven’t yet, next time you can purchase a paid subscription on Hami Videos or Elta OTT online, allowing you to enjoy many different sports right from your computer or smart TV.

Beyond Encouragement 2024.6.26

 If you are a parent, I believe your expectations are similar to mine. Parents want to encourage their kids to do everything nowadays. When our kids encounter frustrations, we say phrases like, “I Know you can do that because you are the best.“, or “Practice makes perfect, so you should practice more to get better results.“ undoubtedly, we love our kids unconditionally, but is this kind of encouragement good enough? Should we also take care of more spheres in our family?

First of all, our world is changing so fast that we can’t just have a single approach and always be positive when encountering everything. Flexibility, resilience, communication skills, and adaptability are also crucial for survival. The path to learning these skills is learning from experiencing frustrations. We all have negative emotions when we face frustrations, and parents should teach their kids to realize these emotions and manage them healthily.

Second, families should embrace both positive and negative emotions. In my opinion, that is not the only but the most essential value in a family. Kids at school are not encouraged to cry or yell, so they don’t affect other kids. Adults in a company may need to hide their emotions when facing supervisors and clients. However, we as human beings do have emotions and family plays a role in containing all kinds of emotions. We don’t always have to be optimistic in front of our family members.

In conclusion. while it is good to encourage our kids and foster a positive spirit, it’s equally important to teach them how to face negative emotions and learn more approaches from them. Too much positivity would let our kids misunderstand that the  warmest function of a family is loving each other unconditionally. A family has many sides, and it’s essential to maintain the balance.

Embracing Agility: Thriving in an Unpredictable World 2024.6.20

This world is changing so fast that we can’t always predict everything precisely. We used to be taught to have a plan for our lives and implement the plan before, but it becomes more and more difficult because many things happen accidentally. If the conventional approach doesn’t work, I think we can learn or have the new idea to face the future: An agile mindset. I would like to apply an Agile mindset in my life in these three spheres.

Education: 
The traditional approach to learning a particular skill is to learn the origin first and then expand the levels step by step. This process is fine for a child because if you know the origin well, you will have a better foundation to learn some more difficult parts in this field easily. For an adult, this cause you so spend too much time that , and you don’t have enough free time slots to follow the steps. Therefore, you need to set the goal first and then try to plan a path that can make you reach the goal from the beginning. Essentially, realizing the goal and the path allow you to know how to find the resource to become your personal educational content and then you focus on the content, knowing that not everything in the field can make you achieve your goal more easily; that is a kind of agile mindset.

Work: 
I’d been asked questions such as “What is your career goal?“ or “What role do you want to play in this company after five years?“ before, especially in a recruiting review. I used to answer these questions carefully because I wanted to demonstrate my vision, ambition, and loyalty through my responses. Now, I have different ideas about these questions. First, it doesn’t matter if I really have a career plan or not because my plan might not perfectly align with the organizer’s expectations. Second, Things can change a lot in five years and my five-years imagination may not exist in the future. Therefore, I see these questions as an opportunity to show my agile mindset and I should express more like ”No matter what role, I hope I can always stand a step ahead of the market. Because… .” and “I don’t have an ending goal of my career because this changing world brings countless interesting things I’d love to try. I believe I can… .“ This approach can allow the discussion to continue and help the reviewer know my advantages better.

Family entertainment: 
My kids are still young. When I was as young as my kids, my parents spent a lot of time taking me to a family restaurant that had a kids’ play area. I always tried to finish my meal fast because I couldn’t wait to play with the other kids. I guess my parents were bored when I played in the kids’ area. The family restaurant is super exciting for a kid; however adults can barely have fun at the same time. I alternately change what we do for family entertainment with kids’ and adults' ideas. This time, my daughter wants to see ocean creatures in an aquarium, so we can enjoy the underwater world together. Next time, it’s the adults’ turn. Maybe my wife wants to go to a paid art exhibition, so everybody should join Mama’s plan together and try to experience something fresh.

Applying an agile mindset will help you not only survive well in a job, but also give you different ideas for many spheres in your life.

Beyond the Degree: Innovative Hiring Strategies for Evaluating Young Talent 2024.6.14

If you have two candidates both are around 22 years old, one has a degree and another doesn’t. First, they might not have many working experiences at the same time so you can’t easily ask questions like “What have you achieved?” or “How did you complete such a big project?“ to verify their working abilities. One thing you can do is to research the college of the one who has a degree, and assess if his/her major is competitive in the specific area. However, this approach is unfair to the other one who does’t have a degree. That’s why more and more companies choose a skill-based hiring process. Additionally, I imagine three other criteria that companies can use when recruiting and selecting candidates.

1. Short-Term Contract: 
In the NBA, if there are too many injured players on your roster, you can sign a short-term contract with a player. This player will put in a lot of effort to prove he can survive in the league and contribute his skills to the team. In some cases, they may sign a long-term contract before next season. It’s a win-win situation for both the player and the team. Organizations and companies can utilize this approach when facing a dilemma between two candidates. Aggressively, a hiring manager may offer two short-term contracts and then promise that one of them will earn the official offer. One thing to be cautious of is that everything you do must be legal under the Labor Standards Act.

2. Demonstrating Real situations: 
Some skills can’t be measured by standard qualifications or tests. For instance, it’s really hard to assess one’s sales skills. Therefore, there are behavioral tests in specific recruiting processes. Some companies give candidates a demo solutions and then let them sell it to the hiring manager. It doesn’t matter how much you realize this solution’s advantage, and the most important thing is how you introduce and make clients feel confident to you and the services your company offers. Moreover, how you react to questions you are not sure about during a pitch will determine if you are a good salesperson or not.

3. The Critical Thinking test: 
If you own a startup company, you don’t need a person who operates daily tasks but a talent who can bring new inspiration and critical ideas. Start by sharing some background information about your vision and encourage the candidates to ask you questions. In this approach, some will ask out the key issues worth resolving and some will show their whole research of the field by their questions. Sometimes, those who can ask the right questions are the ones who will provide the right solutions and they must be the suitable employees you need.

These three approaches help employers have different angles to find a better talents your organization needs.

Discover Your Next Must-Read 2024.6.6

After entering the workforce, I haven’t read many books in the last eight years. However, if I have time to read one, I would like to find a useful book for myself. I found some by searching Bill Gates’s recommended list of readings and some by popular rank of bookstores. In light of the above, most books I read are suitable to be recommended to everybody, though there are not many. However, the must-read one is “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel.

First of all, what is “Zero to One”? “Zero to One” is a concept about invention and breakthrough. “Zero to One” allows us to bring a new solution for difficulties we have faced now and for some difficulties in the future. “Zero to One” tries to solve the problems. On the other hand, “One to N” consumes the limited resources we have.

In Peter Thiel’s opinion, success is not from winning the competition but from inventing new technologies to improve our lives. For example, Google monopolized a smaller request of searching and then expanded the services. Now, searching is a common way when we use the Explorer online and Alphabet is a top IT company in the world. Did Google win on any battlefields? No! I believe that Google just avoided the competition and tried to optimize users’ experience on the Internet through innovations.

This book is more like some excerpts from Peter Thiel’s class at Stanford University. When you read this book, you will feel like you are reading some successful stories about startups, histories, business, management, and technology. It doesn’t matter if you are interested in these areas because all the topics are interesting and thought-provoking. I think everyone can enjoy this book regardless of what age they are. One more thing, this book is worth rereading again and again. I reread it four times and that’s why this book has already been recommended by many celebrities and I still marked it as my most-recommended one.

Balancing Book Wisdom with Real-Life Experiences 2024.5.27

The process of diving into a sea of reading is comfortable because there are so many beautiful works by countless amazing authors. Reading reference books makes us feel self-confident in light of being able to learn some skillful knowledge. Additionally, we feel satisfied after reading some articles because there are many positive words online encouraging us to work hard and live appropriately.

However, It is reasonable there are proverbs both in English “To see is to believe“ and in Chinese ”Traveling allows you to learn more than reading.” at the same time. Learning from others' experiences through reading is valuable but it’s irreplaceable to have your own experiences and adventures. You will learn something profoundly from what you have tried yourself, so never stop enjoying the experience of life.

I might refer to some books for learning other people’s experience in business operations, parenting, or marriage management. However, since the authors didn’t have the same background as mine, some of their opinions might not be suitable for me. Verifying what I have read by gaining my own experience and then developing better approaches is a good idea. Perhaps, I could become another author sharing my experiences in a book one day in the future.